Quite positive that Rishi will do well as a MP, says Murthy

Infy co-founder's son-in-law Rishi Sunak wins UK elections on Conservative Party ticket

Infosys co-founder and former chairman, N R Narayana Murthy, on Friday expressed his happiness over the convincing victory of his son-in-law Rishi Sunak in the UK general elections. Sunak contested from the high-profile Richmond constituency in Yorkshire as a candidate of the ruling Conservative Party that won the elections.

"I am very happy that Rishi has won convincingly in Richmond-Yorks with such a majority. He and Akshata worked very hard, beat the pavement and communicated his merit, integrity and his vision for his constituency," Murthy told Business Standard in an email statement.

The Richmond seat was previously held by William Hague, a former foreign secretary, who stepped down from the post in July last year and took retirement from politics.

"He has big shoes to fill since he is succeeding William Hague. I am positive that he will do well as a MP," Murthy added.

Sunak is married to Murthy's daughter, Akshata, who was then one of his batch mates at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was a Fulbright scholar. They got married in August 2009 in Bengaluru and lived in the US before shifting to the UK, where Sunak's father worked as a general practitioner with the National Health Service and his mother ran a local chemist shop.

A former analyst with Goldman Sachs, Sunak also worked with The Childrens Investment Fund and the Theleme Fund, a global equity hedge fund launched by a TCI founder, prior to joining politics. He is also a director at Catamaran Ventures, the Murthy family investment office.